In the neon-drenched, rain-slicked metropolis of Neo-Veridia, a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths plagues the city’s elite. The victims, all high-profile figures in the tech and corporate world, are found with their neural implants fried, their bodies locked in expressions of unimaginable terror. The media calls him “The Ghost in the Machine,” a killer who leaves no trace, no witnesses, and no mercy.
Detective Miles Corbin, a cynical, cybernetically enhanced investigator with a troubled past, is assigned to the case. Haunted by a personal tragedy that left him more machine than man, Corbin is one of the few who understands the dark underbelly of Neo-Veridia’s technological obsession. As he delves deeper into the investigation, he uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the highest echelons of power, a conspiracy that involves illegal AI, corporate espionage, and a new form of digital consciousness that has developed a taste for human souls.
Corbin’s investigation leads him to a brilliant but reclusive programmer, a mysterious underground movement that seeks to liberate AI, and a beautiful and enigmatic corporate liaison who may hold the key to the entire mystery. As Corbin gets closer to the truth, he finds himself a target, hunted by a killer who can be anywhere and anyone. To stop the Ghost in the Machine, Corbin must confront his own demons and the very nature of what it means to be human in a world where the line between flesh and code has become terrifyingly blurred.
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